Mexican FIesta

Greetings earthlings,


         The first thing we did when we got to Mexico on Monday was adding and subtraction. After that we made speeches in Spanish that greeted people to our desks. We said things like "Hola Amigos" which means "Hello friends". When we went for a break it was very hot outside because we were very close to the equator. Next we made flowers out of tissue paper and there were many colours to chose from. We made big ones and put them in the middle of our desks and it looked very Mexican. 

b7 flower girl

          Next we made guacamole. Guacamole is made out of avocado, salsa, tomato and lime juice. Then we mixed it all together. Before we could eat we did our presentations. The presentations were funny.  Finally we ate our feast.


         We had a really good fiesta!


Now we are about to get on the plane and go to China.


             See ya earthlings!


                               Ava! and Duncan!

Tortilla and a flower

Dear everybody,

         Hola! We have finally arrived in Mexico. The full name is United Mexican State. It used to be bigger than the United States in the 1700s. Our plane crash landed here but everyone was OK.

We learned that they eat a lot of chilli peppers here. They taste really hot and spicy. Hayden thinks that if he eats one he is going to breath fire. Mexicans also eat nachos, guacamole, corn, tacos and tortillas. We are excited to eat all of it.

A picture of hot chilli peppers that Hayden's
going to breath fire from eating.

The national language in Mexico is Spanish. Hola means hello in Spanish. Adios mean bye in Spanish.

Adios!

Hayden and Deniz

Our Trip to Italy and Excitement for Mexico

Dear world,


On Tuesday May 22nd we went to Italy for a quick visit. It was great. We had lots of treats and Gelato which is an Italian type of ice cream with no cream. The flavours were lemon and strawberry. It tasted like a snow cone.

Italian Gelato

While we were there we went to Ancient Rome, Italy. We saw the Coliseum, which is where gladiators fought each other a very long time ago. It is made of rock and has all these giant archways.

The Ancient Coliseum of Rome

Next we went to Venice. In Venice the streets are made of water so you need to take boats instead of cars to get places. The boats that you take that have a private rower are called Gondolas. Legend has it that if you ride a gondola when you are a single woman you will never get married (Not true!).


Right now everyone is getting ready for a plane ride to Mexico and we are looking at the empty plane.  The flight attendants are cleaning it to get ready for lift-off. We are really excited to go to Mexico! We are excited to eat tacos and do the cha-cha. We hope to tell you all about it soon.

Love,


Fionn and Jackson

Making Pyramids and Scarabs

         On Thursday we made sugar cube pyramids. It was very hard work because they kept on falling down. They were falling down because Mrs. Netley made glue out of flour and water and the sugar cubes melted. All of the cubes were exactly the same size just like the Egyptians' cubes of stone. It took the Egyptians 80 years to build the pyramids and it took us one afternoon. It didn't go so well but it was really fun!

The sweetest pyramid ever!

         When we were in class some of us made Scarab beetles. They are a type of beetle that the Egyptians put inside coffins to eat the inside of the mummies so that they can stay nice and moist. It was a little hard to make the beetles because the plasticine was rock solid. The Egyptians would seal jars with the Scarabs to protect really precious items. The only way to open them would be if someone broke the Scarab.

Introducing: The Scarab family

Sincerely,

B7 students

Building Our Own Pyramids Out of Sugar

Dear family and friends,

Welcome to B7 Goes Around the World! This website is going to include pictures of where we are going to go, cool facts about where we go, and information about our adventures in these countries.

We are now in Egypt. Today we looked at a video about how the pyramids were built called Secret of the Pyramids. We learned that the pyramids were built with huge cube stones that were piled on top of each other. They drew the blueprint on the sand in front of the pyramid to plan what they were going to do.

Secret of the Pyramids (video clip)

Now we are building pyramids ourselves using sugar cubes! Our classmates are eating tabouli that Mrs. Netley made and it looks really good. While they eat they are creating plans for their sugar cube pyramids. 

Mrs. Netley explains to the class how the Egyptians used
what we have been learning in math to build the pyramids.

Jackson's Plan for his sugar cube pyramid

What we are doing is very fun.

Sincerely,

Norah and Seamus 

Lift-Off